Nokia X Android phone to debut at MWC following Microsoft approval

Nokia will unveil its rumoured Nokia X Android phone at Mobile World Congress later this month, reportedly with Microsoft's blessing.

Citing "people familiar with the matter", the Wall Street Journal reported that Nokia's first Android phone codenamed the Nokia Normandy will be unveiled in Barcelona on 24 February, despite speculation that Microsoft might not allow it.

The report said Nokia's engineers were working on the Android phone long before Microsoft's bought the firm's devices division, adding that the Redmond company has since given the Finnish phone firm the green light to go ahead and release the device.